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JAPANESE VERB

たてる

立てる

to stand something up, to put up

  • #488 most used
  • Ichidan verb (ru-verb)

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI stand something up
NegativeI don’t stand something up

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI stood something up
NegativeI didn’t stand something up

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formstanding something up, and…
Doing now (て います)I am standing something up
Please (て ください)please stand something up

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can stand something up
NegativeI can’t stand something up

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to stand something up
NegativeI don’t want to stand something up

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s stand something up

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I stand something up
  2. If, when (たら) if I stand something up

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

  1. Do it (なさい) stand something up (do it)
  2. Plain command stand something up!
  3. Please don’t please don’t stand something up

Passive and causative

受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am stood something up
CausativeI make someone stand something up

How to use たてる

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present and future

    まいしゅう、 しごと の けいかく を たてます。

    Every week I make a work plan.

  2. Past

    にわ に テント を たてた。

    We put up a tent in the garden.

  3. Te-form

    かさ は ここ に たてて ください。

    Please stand your umbrella here.

  4. Potential

    かぜ が つよくて、 かんばん が たてられない。

    The wind's so strong we can't put the sign up.

  5. Want to

    らいねん の りょこう の けいかく を たてたい。

    I want to plan next year's trip.

  6. Volitional

    みち に あんない の かんばん を たてよう。

    Let's put up a signpost on the road.

  7. Conditional

    けいかく を たてれば、 あんしん だ。

    If we make a plan, we can relax.

  8. Commands and requests

    ごはん に はし を たてないで ください。

    Please don't stick your chopsticks upright in the rice.

  9. Passive and causative

    こども たち に テント を たてさせた。

    I had the kids put up the tent.

Good to know

  • けいかく を たてる is to make a plan; おと を たてる, to make a noise.

Where you hear たてる

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Japanese · Intermediate Level 1

  • たんじょうび に は ケーキ に ろうそく を たてる。 On birthdays, you put candles on the cake.
  • おすし に ろうそく を いっぽん たてた。 I put one candle in the sushi.
  • らいねん は ろうそく を にほん たてる。 Next year we'll put up two candles.
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Intermediate Level 1 · たてる

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: ichidan verb (ru-verb).